Register-concealing mechanism.



E. M. BATES & F. PHILLIPS.

REGISTER CONCEALING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED APR.23, 191s.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

' 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1. H57.

E. M. BATES & F. PHILLIPS.

REGISTER CONCEALING MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED APR'.23, 1913.

1,135,149. I .Patefited Apr. 13, 1915.

1 7 ,19 M and e ant/V W hillips E. M. BATES & F. PHILLIPS. REGISTER CONCEALING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED APR.23| I913.

Patented Apr. 13, .1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

IIIIIIIIIII 5 Illlfllfllt ERN'EWZ' MG'NTAGUE BATES AND FREDERICK PHILLIPS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND,

ASSIGNORS TO THE'NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A

GORIORA'IION OF OHIO, (INCORPORATED IN 1906.)

REGISTER-CONCEALING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

Application filed April 23, 1913. Serial No. 762,980.

'1 b all whom it may concern Be it known that we, Ennnsr MoNTAsUn and FREDERICK PmLLIrs, subjects of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Register-Concealing Mechanism, of which we declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This. invention relates to machines or devices having a, plurality .of divisions or devices that can be selectively brought into a position in which they can be referred to and in which provisions are made for me venting free. access to certain divisions or devices. accounthandling devicessuch as credit cabinets, cash registers or other accounting ma- 1 chines, and in connection with accounting machines it is especially applicable to those of the type provided with multiple totalizers and means for bringing any desired totalizer into operative relation withvthe totalizer. actuators or to a reading or a resetting position. v

In using multiple totalizer registers it is in many cases desirable to permit free access for all of the users of the machines to certain totalizers for both adding and reading or reading and resettingoperations, yet permit free use of othersof the totalizers for adding operations onlv and this invention as v specifically described relates to mechanism so controlling free reference to all the totalizers. Inthe form shown this is accomplished by means whereby the totalizer 'selooting device determines whether or not a totalizer can be referred to, and the totalizers are provided With concealing means adapted to be controlled by the operation of selecting the totalizer and-in such a way that upon the selection of certain totalizers the latter will not be concealed, but upon selection of others the concealing means will be effective. In the form shown the selection of the totalizer also controls means the condition of which determines whether or not the totalizer selected can be returned to zero. In accounting machines adapted to print totals instead of having them read off from charactersonthe totalizer wheels, for

the concealing means shown herein there would be substituted a provision whereby upon the selection of certain totalizers their It has particular application to Y totals could be printed but upon the selec tion of others the totals could not be printed. In the drawings and descriptions given below the invention is shown applied to'a multiple totalizer cash register of the type described in United States Letters Patent 703,639, granted July 1, 1902, to Thomas I Carroll. The reason for this is that such a register is thought to be best adapted to use in illustrating and explaining the invention.

However, while the invention has been dis-, closed in connection with the application of it to cash registers, it is not the intention. to, limit its use to,such machines. It can' be applied in various forms to other accounting machines or devices when it is desirable for the attendant to have access to a part of the records contained therein, but leaving the others normally inaccessible to him.

A main object of this invention is therefore, to make it possible for the operator of a cash register, accounting machine or other device having a plurality of manipulatively controlled totalizers or corresponding record retainingdevices or divisions, to be able to refer to or gain access to certain ones of them, but not to the others, without interfering with means provided to enable the proprieto'r or person in charge-to gain access to all of them. i

Referring to the application of the invention'to cash registers it may be mentioned that in many cases where multiple totalizer cash registers are used one of the totalizers is adapted to be used as an adding machine. For instance, in an office the accountant will use this particular totalizer to add a number.

of items, or, in a store where a refund or a discount isallowed on cash purchases, this totalizer is used to total the receipts or sales slips returned to determine the amount on which the discount is to be allowed, This makesa convenient way of quickly ascertaining the correct total of a number of items, particularly where, as is often the case, the register is electrically operated.

. it possible to read any of t 5 resetting openings for the totalizers are normally closed" by a movable slide: which is moved away from the openings by the operation ofa lock controlling the slide operattotalizer is placed-sothat it. is op osite the inf op gfi. it is also sal to be in' 7 5 the'rea 'ng position, that is, the'resetting ing mechanism. Operatini this lock makes e totalizers that are brought tothe readingopenin and also makesgit ossibleto reset" any. or a of them to zero. other words turning the key in the lock operates mechanism to uncover the reading-opening and the opening throu h which. the resetting key is inserted, and t e operator could,' therefore, read and reset any or all of the totalizers. This condition de tracts from-the value of the totalizer as an adding machine because ofthe-opportunity' it givesforalteringtherecords on the other totalizers either intentionally or, through.

error,- and becauseof the inconvenience. The key to the lock is usuallypheld by the proprietor or manager and-it 1S necessar to- 'get the key from him orhave un ock the slideso that the total can .beread.-

Where the .totalizer is used this way 'a numher of times durin the day this becomes a source of considera le' annoyance.

In order to make it ossible to read the total on-one totalizer oi bein possible to reador disturb the other tota zers,' this inventio n provides mechanism working independently of .the regular.

slide 0 crating mechanism. By manipulat-.- ing the independent device the shield over the' reading and resetting openings can be drawn out of the way when this one totaliz'er I only is at reading position, making it possible to read and reset this totalizer. without being able to in'any, way'interfere'with. or-

' read the other totalizers. This removes all -inconvenience on account of having to operate the lock and all possibility of resetting the wrong totalizer either intentionally or through mistake.

With 'thisand incidental-objects in the invention consists incertain novel; features of-constructioii and combinationpf parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims, and apreferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form p art of the specification. Figure lis a left side elevatlon of amultiple totalizer cash register with part ofthe improvement assembled therein. Fig. 2'

such types 'of-machines and then reset it to-zero without itssitions'. Fig. 4 shows a handle by which the device is o rated. N In these awings there is showna-setting bar 1 -1Eor positioning the totalizers 2 in operative relation to their-actuators 3 or oppo- 7' site the opening} through which the resetting wrench is inserted tolturn the totalizer wheels back to-the zero position. jWhen a and reading positions .are the same. The setting bar 1.1s ahned-bythe lunge'r 5 which gendenga'ges. This :-plunger'=='is heldup in the notches byacurved-plateBwhich'is be I i I ing forced up at all times through the ten- .sion of a'spring. (not shown) acting upon 35 the .links 10 an 11- to which 'theplate Sjis v loosely attached. In. operating th1s mecha nism the thumb lever12 is pres'sedtowa'rd the'bar 1 on' which'it is pivotally mounted, foricing the extension 13 downa ainst the en 0 the plunger 5, which is a so assembled tothe bar 1 b the, links '5 This forces the plun er '5 own so that t] e block *above mentione V is out of venga ement with the notches 7-leav1ng the bar 1 ree to move. .95

This bar is ivoted at 14 (Fig. 2) and car-. ries. at the owerv end a segment gear-I5 which is always in mesh with a segment gear 16 fastened to the shaft As the barl is 'moved. up ahddownthe shaft 17 is rocked 10o about 90" de .ees carrying with it segment gear 18 whic is also attached to ,said. shaft. This segment gear 18 in turnrotates a pinion Ill-which: 15 attached to and concentric with the reel 20 Fig.1) for carrying the '10: totalizers. It wi V be seen therefore that" 1 movement otthebar lwill, through the intervening parts, rotate the'reel on its axis thereby making it possible to bringany desired t 291? to-either the actuating or the reading position. r

The reading opening is normally obscured by a shield indicatedin Fig. 3 'by the dotted line51, attached to the movable bracket slide 21 and extending laterally of 115, a the machine underthe. opening 35. This slide 21 is movably supported by rivets 22 attachedto the outside casing of the machine and passing through slots. 23 in the slide. Said slide is normally held in its rearmost position by a spring 24 acting upon a lever '25, pivotallymounted on a stud 26 and having a fork at the upper end engaging a pin 27 in the slide. When it is desired to move the slide forward the lock 28 is operated. A. flange attached to the lock barrel carries a pin 29 engaging in a slot 30 in a lever 31. This lever is' mounted on a pivot 32 and as the lock 28 is turned inan anti-clockwise directionthe 'pin 29 acting in 13c the slot 30 will oscillate the lever on its pivot and force the upper extension 33 of the lever against a plate 34 attached to the opening 4 (Fig. l) ,in the totalizer supporting frame so that a resetting wrench can be inserted through said' opening to engage the,

end of the totalizer shaft 36 of the positioned totalizer. The rotation of said shaft restores the totalizer wheels to zero. in a" manner well known in the art. After the totalizer has been read or turned to zero, or both, the lock 28 is turned in a clockwise direction and the slide 21 is returned to its normal position by the spring 24 acting through the connecting parts.

The mechanism so far described is the usual mechanism in a machine of the typespecified. It has only been described in such detail because the parts covered by the invention are to supplement it and give results not possible with the former. construction.

.In a general way-the device described in the application may be said to be an attachment for operating the slide 21 independently of the lock controlled device just described. It is, however, so arranged that only a certain totalizer or totalizers can be exposed through its use. It will be remembered that movement of bar 1 rocked shaft 17 ,and carried parts attached to it through an arc of about 90 degrees. Attached to this shaft is the part of the improvement which makes it possible to expose certain totalizers only, the others being wholly inaccessible except by operating the lock 28, the key to which is usually not in thepossessi on of the accountant or clerk. This part consists specifically of a segment 37 (Fig. 3) with a number of holes 38 corresponding to the number of totalizers, in which holes are inserted pins 39. It is the omission of one of these pins that permits the device to expose the corresponding totalizer when it is at the reading or reset-' ting position. Of course, the omission of more than one pin would make it possible to expose as many corresponding totalizers through the manipulation of the improved device and occasionally this might be necessarywhere such totalizers are so used that it would be desirable to have ready access to them without having to bother with thekey.

The part working in direct connection with this segmentand the pins therein is the.

ar1j1'40 which is attached to the shaft 41. This shaft also hasattached to it the operating'ha'ndle'42 shown detached in Fig. 4, which extends out through the front casing of the machine Lifting up the outer end and lever 40 anti-clockwise, and, because of and, as the upperend of the bell crank lever 43 of this operating handle will rock the shaft 41 andthe lever 40 in an anti clockwise direction. If the totalizer reel is set with a-totalizer at the reading position that this device is not intended to expose, the extension 43 of the lever 40 will strike one of the pins 39 and prevent the movement of the lever. If the reel is set with a totalizer at the reading position that is to be exposed ,by this device, there will be no pin in the corresponding hole of the segment 37 and the extension 43 of the lever 40 will carry. down to the limit of the stroke'of the lever. This will, as stated above, rock the shaft 41 the extension 43 being in the path of the pins 39, prevent movement of the lever 1 to bring another totalizer to the reading posi- The rocking movement of shaft 41 is transmitted to an arm .44 fastened to the shaft which has a fork engaging a stud 45 in the bell crank lever 46. The anti-clock- Wise rotation of shaft 41 will, through the connecting parts, rock bell crank lever 46 in a clockwise direction on its pivot 47. A shoulder 48 on the upper arm of the bell crank lever engages a stud 49 in the slide 21 is thrown forward, it pulls the slide 21 and the shield 51 carried thereby forward, uncovering the reading opening 35- and'exposing the totalizer shaft 36 so that the totalizer may be turned to zero. When the totalizer has been read and resetto zero the parts are all returned to their normal positions by simply pushing down on the operating handle 43. I i

' It will be seen that while this device is simple it accomplishes the results desired in a very satisfactory manner. In using a cashregister 'ofthe type shown with it applied the clerk or accountant, when he has a number of items that he wishes to add up quickly and accuratelL may set theiproper totalizer at the adding position and record the various items. Then by the use of bar 1 he turns the totalizer to the reading position beneath the opening 35 and lifts up on the operating handle 42. There being no pin in the corresponding hole of segment 37, the mechanism operated by the handle will un-' cover the reading opening and the -opening for turning the totalizer to zero. After noting the total shown by the totalizer wheels he can turn them back to zero and by pushing down on the operating handle 42 close. the reading opening and the resetting hole.

This in no way interferes with the regular spondingto the-totalizers that are to beac.

I sition. r

' I and devices making one ofsaid-disablin'g deble to the proprietor only and give the clerks or accountants free -access to all the'other totalizers this would, of course, be accom-; plished by omitting the pins from all of the holes in the segment 37 except those correcessible to the proprietor only. I

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirably adapted 10 to fulfil the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form of embodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible .of embodiment in various forms, all coming withinthe scope of the claims which follow; ',What-is"clai1ned;.iS asfollows Z 1., In a machine ofvthe class described, the combination of a member having a plurality of divisions; means through which. the divisions of .the member are selectively accessible; "mechanism for selecting said divisions; and devices, controlled by the selecting mechanism, for preventing access to certain divisions when they have been brought into accessible relationship with said means.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting machine having a plurality of totalizers; of manipulative devices for'positioning said totalizers either in operative-relation to their actuators or opposite a common reading opening; devices normally concealing said totalizers from View; independent manipulative devices for disabling said concealing. means;

vices operable only when a certain one of said totalizers is atthe reading position, the other disabling means'being operable when any one of the totalizers is at the reading poa. In a machine of the class described, the

-- combination with a' carrier containing a plurality of totalizers; of means for bringing any desired totalizer to-a common reading position; -meansnormally concealing said totalizers from view; a manipulative device for disabling said concealing means when, certain totalizers are opposite the reading position; and devices for preventing the operation of said disabling means when others of the totalizers are opposite the reading position. V I I 4. In machine of the class described, the combination with a plurality oftotalizers;

- of means for bringing any desired totalizer to a common reading position; means normally concealing said totalizers from view; and a manipulative device for disabling said concealing means when a certain one'of said totalizers is opposite the reading position,

said disabling device being rendered 'inop erable .when others of said totalizers are in 5. In a machine of the class described, the

combination with a plurality of totalizers;

a cover therefor having an opening common to; all through which they may be selectively read; means normally concealing saidtotalizers from" view; independent manipulative devices for disablingsaid concealingeans and exposing the totalizers-to view; an deat the reading opening, the other of said devices being operable when any one of.the

totalizers is at the reading openm 6. 'In' a machine of the class of means for-bringing any desired totalizer to a common reading position; a movable slider-normally concealing said totalizers from view-';-and a manipulative device for operating said slide toexpose the totalizers when certain of the totalizers are opposite the readingposition, said manipulative dedescribed,.the combination with a plurality of totalizers;

vice being inoperable when others of'said totalizers are at the readin position.

7. In a machine of the c ass described, the

combination with a plurality of totalizers;

of means for bringing any desired totalizer -to a common reading p.osition;j a movable slide normally concealing said totalizers from view and-two independent manipula- ;tive devices for operating said slide-to ex- ;pose to-view the totalizer at the'reading po-- .sition, one of said deviccsbeingpoperable I only when a certain; totalizer is at. the read ing position and the other beingfloperable when any one of the totalizers is at the readmg position.

8. In a machine of the class described, the I combination with a pluralityof totalizers;

of -a shield normally concealing said to ,talizers from view; two. independent mampulative devices for --moving said shield and exposing the totalizers to view; another manipulative device for-positioning any desired totalizer at acom'mon'reading openmg; an element difierentially moved by the operation of said positioning device and having manually adjustable means for controlling 'theoperation of one of .said shield moving devices; and an element co-acting with said differentially moved element to make one of the shield moving 'devices'in operable when any but certain' desired totalizers are at the reading position:

9. In a machine of the class described, the

combination-with a plurality oftotalizers;

of a shield normally concealing said totalizers from view; two independent .ma-

nipu'lative devices for moving said shield a and exposing the totalizers-to view, oneof' which is always operable; another manipulative device for positioning'any desired t0-- talizer at a common reading opening; asegment differentially moved by the operation of said positioning device and having removable pins for controlling theoperationof the other of the aforesaicl shield moving devices; and a member coiiperating with said disksegment andthe pins therein i to make one of the shield moving devices inoperable when any but certain desired totalizers are at'the reading positi0n.-

10. In a machine of'the class described, the combination with a plurality of totalizers; of means normally concealing said totalize'rs from view; independent devices for disabling said concealing-means; manipulative means for positioningany desired totalizer at a common reading open ing; an element differentially moved'by said manipulative positioning means; and an element co-acting with-1 said differentially moved element to make one of the disabling devices inoperable when any but certain defrom view; independent manipulative de"-' vices for disabllng said concealing means;

sired totalizers are at the reading opening.

11 In a machine of the class described, the combination with a reel; of a plurality of totalizers carried thereby; meansfor rotating said reel'to bring any desired totalizer to a common reading position; means i normally concealing said totalizers. from view; a manipulative device for disabling said concealing means when a certain one of said totalizers is opposite the reading-position; and-means preventing adjustment of the reel to bring a different totalizer to the reading position whilesaid disabling device is in operating position. r

12. Ina machine of the class described, the combination with a plurality of totalizers; of means for bringing any desired totalizer' to a common reading position;

means normally concealing said. totalizers and an element manually adjustable to make one of said disabling devices inoperable when certain totaliz'ers are at the reading position, the other disabling device remain-- ing operable when any one of the totalizers is at the readin position.

13. In a mac ine of the class described,

the combination with a plurality of to -v .talizers; of means for selectively bringing said totalizers to a position where the totals shown on them may be ascertained or destroyed or both; and] means to prevent ascertaining or destroying the totals except those on certain desired totalizers when they are at saidposition.

14. In a machinewofthe class described,

the combination with an accounting ma-- chine having a plurality of totalize'rs; of

, means for selectively positioning them so ,preventing means when certain totalizers are at the position where the totals are as.

certained' anddestroyed, said disabling that the totals shown on them can be ascertained or destroyed or both,- means normally preventing the ascertaining or destroying of the totals; and means to disable said means remaining e fiective when others of the accumulators are at said position.

l5. In a, machine of the class described,

' the combination with a plurality of totalizers; ,of devices for differentially moving said totalizers to a common position where the totals shown on them may be ascertained or destroyed or both; and manually adjustable means to prevent ascertaining or destroying said totals when certain of the totalizers are at the said common position.

, 16. Ina machine of the class described,

; the combination with a plurality of totalizers; of means for selectively bringing said totalizers to a position where the totals shown on them may be ascertained or destroyed or both; means normally preventing the ascertaining o'r destroying of the totals; and independent devices for disabling totalizers are at the reading position,.the I concealing means remaining efiective when others of the totaliz'ers are opposite the reading position.

' 18. In a machineof the class described, the combination with an accounting machine having a plurality of totalizers; of

means for selectively positioning the totalizers so that the totals shown on them can be ascertained'or destroyed or both; means normally preventing the ascertaining or destroying of the totals; means to disable said preventlng means whencertain totalizers are at the POSltlOIl'WhGIB the totals are as certain'ed and destroyed; and means preventing the operation of said disabling means when others of the totalizers are at said positiom 19. In a machine of, the class described, the combination with 'aplurality of record retaining devices; ofmeans normally concealing same; means for disabling said concealing means; means for selectively bringing'said. record retaining devices to a common position; and means making the aforesaid disabling means inoperable except when certain desired record retaining devices are at said common position.

20. In a machine of the class described,

the combination of a member having a plurality of, divisions; means through which the divisions of the member are selectively accessible; mechanism for selecting said divisions; and-devices, controlled by the selecting mechanism, permitting access to certain-divisions when they have been selected for access. 21. 'In a machine of the class described, the combination withla movable frame, of a plurality of totalizers carried thereby, means through which access may be had to the totalizers, an adjustable device for es-.

tablishing accessible relationship between said means and any desired totalizer, and devicescontrolled by the. adjustable device for preventing access to'certain totalizers when they are. in' accessible relationship;

22. In a machine of the class described, the. combination with-a plurality of total -izers,.of means normally-rendering said totalizers inaccessible, a manipulative device operable to disablesaid means to'render any oi? the totalizersaccessible, and an independent manipulative device operable to disable,

said'firstmentioned means to render "only a certain one of the totalizersaccessible.

23 In a machine of the class described,

the combination with a rotatable frame, of

a plurality of totalizersj carried'thereby, a 25 casing having an opening through which the totalizers may be read, a shield normally ob-' scaring said opening, means for rotating the aforesaid totalizer frame to position any desired totalizer at the reading opening, in-

dependent manipulative devices for with drawing the shield to expose the positioned totalizer, and devices renderln one of.s a1d manipulative devices ineffective to withdraw the-shield when certain ones of the 35 totalizers are at the reading opening," the other manipulative device being eflectivezto withdraw the shield when any of the totalizers is at said opening. In testimony whereof tures in the presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST MONTAGUE BATES. FREDERIOKPHILLIPS. I, Witnesses:

Y O. M. HUMB E-Gnome,

- T. L. ,Hoornn.

we afiix our signa- 

